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Hard Candy Christmas

When we chose our Candy Christmas inspired theme at Jingle Belles, I remembered singing Dolly Parton's Hard Candy Christmas with the 8-track tape in my Dad's pick-up truck. Here is our Inspiration Photo from Turtlecreek Lane for this week's Candy... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at Ingenious Inkling

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Thursday Link Love

Another week of blogland fun: Ham, Cheese & Spinach Breakfast Pies 20 Inspirational Movies Limoncello Truffles Peanut Butter Swirls Bars binging Bob Ross Incredible Carrot Cake Ideas for Enhancing a Friendship Chocolate Dipped Florentines (shown) Eggs Benedict Casserole public domain... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at Ingenious Inkling

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Snowflake Hello

The current AAA Cards Challenge is Follow My Lead. The Leader's example we are using for inspiration is: I went with the corner white-on-white die cuts using the smallest tag from the Tag Trio & Snowflake Trio from Gina K.... Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at Ingenious Inkling

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Gnome Valentine

As I was putting away my AALL & Create Blush Washi Tape from last night, I realized the pink heart tape would look perfect with these gnome stickers in my Valentine's Day stash. The little Gnome with a letter was... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at Ingenious Inkling

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Lunar New Year - Year of the Snake

The animal for the 2025 Lunar New Year is the Snake. I went searching for snake stamps so I could join the Lunar New Year Challenge, and to no one's surprise, there aren't a lot. However, I found this adorable... Continue reading

Posted 4 days ago at Ingenious Inkling

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Washi Tape Valentine

AALL & Create had a big year-end sale, so in addition to lots of fun stamps & stencils, I picked up the first new Washi Tape I've bought in a while. The patterns and colors reminded me of the Inspired... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at Ingenious Inkling

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Chin Up, Buttercup

I was filing away my Gelliarts prints from #GelprintJanuary2025, which got me wondering if I had prints that would work for the most recent Color Hues Challenge - Navy & Lime Green. What I discovered was that I had lots... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at Ingenious Inkling

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Gel Print January Continues

I'm still enjoying making a gel print every day using the prompts from #gelprintjanuary2025. Day 13 was loop. I looped yarn onto my plate, pulled a print, removed the yarn, and then picked-up this print. I love the green paints.... Continue reading

Posted 6 days ago at Ingenious Inkling

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Candy Christmas

We're calling this week's Jingle Belles prompt Candy Christmas - to make a card inspired by this fun Candy decorated room. This week, I was really drawn to all of the white space and the fun color combination of bright... Continue reading

Posted Jan 16, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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Thursday Link Love

Another week of blogland fun: Citrus Chips (shown) Air Fryer Apples Lemon Chai Cake Quotes to Encourage Simplicity Cabbage Sausage Pasta Seven Types of Rest I love a dark chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting Blueberry Amaretto Bread Pudding Embroidery Journaling... Continue reading

Posted Jan 16, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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Abstract Art Valentine

One of the current Exhibits at our Cedar Rapids Museum of Art is Beyond the Object: Women in Abstraction. To honor that exhibit, the Museum's Education Director led an Abstract Art class at one of the local libraries. I chose... Continue reading

Posted Jan 15, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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Glitter Valentine

The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is GLITTER Me Happy - make a card featuring glitter, which can include loose glitter, glitter glue, wink of Stella, Shimmer Pens, Stickles or Glitter paper. I decided to use glitter paper and... Continue reading

Posted Jan 14, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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More #gelprintJanuary2025

I'm still having fun gel printing my way through January. Day Six was Double. I decided to do a double-print using the same floral stencil for both. Here is the first print. and I did a second. For Day Seven's... Continue reading

Posted Jan 13, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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Uniko Mid Century Modern Atomic

When I saw Kia's cool card for this weekend's SplitcoastStampers Inspiration Challenge, I knew I had to join the fun. The inspiration store is Kate McEnroe New York ... be still my heart. It's absolutely filled with Mid Century Modern... Continue reading

Posted Jan 12, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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Color Hues Bloom

I have one more card for the current Color Hues Challenge of Kraft & Red that runs through January 14th. For this card, I used two shades of kraft cardstock (there are so many possibilities for kraft, and I love... Continue reading

Posted Jan 12, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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Collage Joy Taster

For the past 11 days, I've been having fun with Catherine Rains free Collage Joy Taster Class. We started the class by making a variety of papers to use for collage using only a two paint color palette. It was... Continue reading

Posted Jan 11, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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The NEW and the OLD (and Coffee)

We're still creating with a combination of new & old products at Jingle Belles. Santa Stephanie gave me this adorable Echo Park Chilling with my Snowmies paper collection. I couldn't resist pairing it with the fun Eyelet Outlet Holiday Coffee... Continue reading

Posted Jan 9, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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Thursday Link Love

Another week of blogland discoveries: mmm ... birthday cakes love her beautiful floral wedding dress ... and the idea of a bowling reception How to Gamify Your Life I won't lie ... I love Cool Whip (and am so grateful... Continue reading

Posted Jan 9, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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Vintage inspired Collage

I've been thinking a lot about collage lately. I'm taking a free Collage Joy Taster Class, which has inspired me to make new collage papers. Today in the online class, we finally start assembling some collages. Here's a collage I... Continue reading

Posted Jan 8, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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Just Because Flowers

I'm the Guest Designer the current Color Hues Challenge. Here's another card I made using the colors of Red & Kraft with Kristina Werner's Cheerful Flowers Background Stamp. The sentiment is from Kristina Werner Checking In Stamp Set and coordinating... Continue reading

Posted Jan 7, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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It's time for #gelprintJanuary again ... so there's been a lot of paper making going on in the studio. For the Day 1 Letter prompt, I started with a Joggles Three Circle foamie stamp that reminded me of the Letter... Continue reading

Posted Jan 6, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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When I saw this week's Freshly Made Sketch, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to ink-up my new Colorado Craft Company Big & Bold ~ Warm Wishes Snowflake. I stamped the sentiment from the same set directly in black... Continue reading

Posted Jan 5, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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Tropical Retirement

The January Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge is Take Me to the Beach ... to make a card inspired by your favorite beach. My favorite beach has to be the ones in Florida I have visited with my Sister.... Continue reading

Posted Jan 4, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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Gold Splatter Big Rainbow

The January Taylored Expressions #TEMakerChallenge is all about Splatter. I started with the Taylored Expression Big Rainbow & Clouds inking with Taylored Expressions Confetti Cake, Key Lime, Pineapple, Peaches & Cream and Fruit Punch inks. Next I used gold metallic... Continue reading

Posted Jan 3, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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Thursday Link Love

Another week of blogland finds: Morning Cookies for the Backpack NPR's Top 124 Songs of 2024 Cream Cheese Pound Cake (reminds me of the late nights sharing a slice of Sara Lee Pound Cake with my grandma at her kitchen... Continue reading

Posted Jan 2, 2025 at Ingenious Inkling

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